Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

Tom Lutz of <em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em> on Criticism in the 21st Century

Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century

On a Decade of Supporting “Long, Intellectually Challenging Work”

By Literary Hub | January 18, 2022

How Brad Taylor Applies His Decades in the US Military to Writing Novels

How Brad Taylor Applies His Decades in the US Military to Writing Novels

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 18, 2022

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

“Original writing fashions a form.”

By Annie Dillard | January 14, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Hanya Yanagihara, Bernard MacLaverty, Jami Attenberg, Carl Bernstein, and more

By Book Marks | January 14, 2022

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

“When the publishing industry decides, our work suffers.”

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | January 14, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
  • Repetition
  • Night Night Fawn
  • El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
  • Gunk
  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

“A Poetic Vision of God.” On an Astounding 1903 Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke

By History of Literature | January 14, 2022

Books That Showcase the Bond Between Horses and Riders

By Mimi Matthews | January 14, 2022

Noor Naga on Exploring Alienation and Claustrophobia in Writing from the Arabian Gulf

By The Common | January 14, 2022

“Creatures of Water.” Sue Lynn Tan on the Role of Chinese Mythology in Her Depictions of Dragons

“Creatures of Water.” Sue Lynn Tan on the Role of Chinese Mythology in Her Depictions of Dragons

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 14, 2022

Stories vs Ideas: <br>Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

Stories vs Ideas:
Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

David Hollander on Fiction as an Alternative to Silence

By David Hollander | January 13, 2022

“I’m Gonna Die if I Have to Write Another One of These.” Why Jami Attenberg Switched to Memoir

“I’m Gonna Die if I Have to Write Another One of These.” Why Jami Attenberg Switched to Memoir

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 13, 2022

WATCH: Emily St. John Mandel and Showrunner Patrick Somerville on the Making of <em>Station Eleven</em>

WATCH: Emily St. John Mandel and Showrunner Patrick Somerville on the Making of Station Eleven

Hosted by the How Have I Not Read This? Virtual Book Club

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 13, 2022

Please, Mr. <em>Postman</em>: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

Please, Mr. Postman: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

Matthew Eng on The Postman Always Rings Twice, a “Dark and Torrid Tale”

By Matthew Eng | January 13, 2022

Kathryn Schulz on the Interplay of Joy and Grief in Our Lives

Kathryn Schulz on the Interplay of Joy and Grief in Our Lives

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 13, 2022

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

On the Extraordinary Work of Diarists to Create Meaning from Dramatic, Quotidian Times

By Leigh Stein | January 13, 2022

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